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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator in the UK and love sharing my passion for paper crafting and Stampin' Up! products. Thank you for visiting I hope to see you again soon. Zoe x

Sunday, 4 May 2014

Christmas Card Club–Poinsettias

Don't panic it isn't a fortnight since our last Christmas Card Club challenge, only a week has past, but to ensure the challenges fall right nearer to Christmas an extra one has been popped in here!!! The challenge to incorporate Poinsettias was set by Karen B. Thanks for a lovely traditional challenge. .

I've fallen back on my trusty favourite Christmas set of Watercolour Winter. It's a retired set and I nearly sold it to a customer, but I'm so pleased she changed her mind as I really value it and love what you can create with it! I'm hoping something similar, but different arrives in the next seasonal Stampin' Up! UK catalogue in September.

I've stamped my Poinsettias with Versamark onto vellum card stock and then added gold embossing powder, heated it and then flipped over the image to colour the reverse with cherry cobbler marker pen. I also found that if I used my blender pen it was easier to add more colour and make sure it didn't look blotchy. I carefully cut out the flowers and also the centre of one to add some depth on my front flower. I didn't colour the flower centres, but used some pearls which I coloured with my gold pen (I'm hoping these come back again too Stampin' Up! UK please!) to keep the golden theme. The greenery is also from Watercolour Winter which is stamped in always artichoke, soft suede and early espresso. It's a two-step stamp set so you get to highlight the images if you wish which I've done in the case of the pine cones.

A cherry cobbler sentiment from Christmas Messages and a very gentle 'smudge' around the edge of my whisper white card stock base in crumb cake finishes off what I hope you agree is an elegant Christmas card!

Adorable Design Thank you for joining us at Completely Christmas it is much appreciated without you we would have no challenge, I do hope you will join us again for another fab challenge nest week…. Good luck in the draw…HugsSuzy B Owner Completely ChristmasXx

Hi Zoe - this is gorgeous, I was wondering whether to stamp my poinsettias on vellum but have never managed to do it properly. I either miss bits out or everything curls too much, so I stuck to my dies - lol!! These look totally amazing and have really made you card stand out.

I know what you mean Sue, but someone gave me a tip recently and said do to the front what you do to the back, ie heat the back and the front and it seems to help with reducing curling. Thanks for your kind words. Zx

Sorry I'm late in commenting. Your card is super for Karen's poinsettia challenge for CCC. Thanks also for entering Completely Christmas and both of my CHNC challenges with your lovely card - hope to see you again soon. x

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